Illegal. Well, technically not supposed to be here. Undocumented person. I shouldnt have used illegal. Undocumented. Dana three days and three different explanations from President Biden as he bends over backwards to apologize to a Migrant Murder Suspect for calling him an illegal. Bill is off today. Good morning to you im dana perino. Sandra im sandra smith. The man is charged with murdering Nursing Student laken riley. Republicans pressured him to mention the case during the State Of The Union address. The president mispronounced lake ens name. Dana it didnt sit well with lakens mother. It speaks to bidens misunderstanding on the border according to the republicans. What the meaning of is, is. To even argue this point in the face of this 22yearold young woman whose whole life was ahead of her, was taken allegedly by this person who crossed the border multiple times with a criminal background to argue whether its undocumented or illegal. Its illegal, mr. President and a slap in the fa
hello, and thank you for being with us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with donald trump back in court for the second day in the defamation case brought by writer e. jean carroll. this time with carroll herself expected to take the stand as the first witness. carroll is seeking $10 million in damages arguing trump ruined her reputation with the comments he made during and after his presidency. now, today s proceedings follow an intense jury selection process where trump and carroll came face to face for the first time in more than 25 years. nbc s garrett haake is covering the trump campaign, joining us from new hampshire this morning. also with us nbc s rehema ellis who s following developments in the courtroom along with our legal analyst former assistant manhattan district attorney catherine christian. so rehema, carroll did testify in her first defamation trial, but not with trump sitting right there in the courtroom. set the st
friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
battle ahead could take many more months. plus, just hours from now secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas are set to meet with mexican president just as thousands of central american migrants make their way to the united states southern border. we ll break down what this means and the key issues up for discussion. and also ahead the detroit pistons made nba history but for all the wrong reasons. the record they just broke that has everyone talking. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we get right to the news and the israeli military has expanded its ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central gaza. the idf is also focusing on southern gaza s largest city as part of its stated mission to destroy hamas. officials say progress has been made in the north and that troops will continue to, quote, preserve and intensify t
that. one dead in texas and another in arkansas as powerful winter storm cripples the mid south. 360,000 residents are still without power. voters say the country is more divided than ever. dysfunctional family is what 81% say describing america today. when it comes to the economy. 66% disapprove of how president biden has been handling the inflation crisis. where is everybody going? to gobbler s knob. it s groundhog day. it is groundhog day. janice: punxsutawney, pennsylvania, the crowd have been here since 3:00 a.m. we will find out if there are going to be six more weeks of weather anything can happen. brian: you are looking somewhere in pennsylvania. punxsutawney, easy to say, tough to spell, where a bunch of people. steve: good scrabble word. brian: they want to have fun. brian: seeing grown men in groundhog hats. brian: it s acceptable. tomorrow it won t be. so don t try it. but right there, a bunch of people. some strangers, all willing to